Political Quotes

“Ah, here we see it. So on the ``MAGA extremists''--an extremist for saying that maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't be paying the salaries of Ukrainian bureaucrats to the tune of $8 billion for an entire year; maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't give them an assistance program that will also enable them to continue whatever welfare programs they have, whatever economic assistance programs they have in place to buy concert tickets, to keep clothing stores running as they see fit. If that is what passes for extremism in America, then I think you have just labeled all Americans extremists or, at least, the overwhelming majority of us. Keep in mind, once again, I am not even asking that this be adopted. That is not what she objected to. I am not asking that it be passed into law, not asking that it be adopted even into the bill. I am just asking that it be made pending so we can debate it, we can discuss it, and we can vote on it. You know what we heard the other day from these Republicans in the Senate who voted on cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill so we could get on the bill? What we heard from them was: Don't worry. We will have an amendment process. You will be able to offer up amendments, have them voted on, have them debated. You will be able to do that. Well, that is not really materializing, is it? It is not. It is not materializing. I just asked to make this pending, and it didn't happen. For that, I am called an extremist. Good heavens, what have we come to?…”